Mapping and classifying information sources used for Brazilian scientific production evaluation criteria

• Grant number: 15/19006-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2015
• End date: August 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Information Science
• Principal Investigator: Rogerio Mugnaini
• Grantee: Liliane Aparecida Sanches Pio
• Host Institution: Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 12/00255-6 - Scientific assessment in Brazil: study of scientific communication in scientific areas, AP.JP

Abstract

The research aims to contribute to the evaluation process of the Brazilian scientific production through analysis of information sources used to define journal classification in all areas of evaluation of the Qualis Periódicos. Regarding the information sources used to define strata A1, A2 and B1, the specific objectives are: 1) to identify the sources used and to classify the type: database, directory, index, archive, among others; 2) to analyze the types of specific selection criteria to certify the scientific and/or editorial quality of journals; 3) to compare the use which has been made of these sources in different areas of evaluation of post graduate programs, considering their degree of selectivity as adopted criteria.